But Obama didn’t stop there. Republican rival Mitt Romney’s denunciation of PBS at the Denver debate last week seemed to remind the president of another highly publicized news event.

Obama joked that another Sesame Street star, Elmo, was fleeing from Romney, O.J.-style. He likened Elmo’s flight to the 1994 car chase that led to O.J. Simpson’s arrest following the killing of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

“Elmo has been seen in a white Suburban, he’s driving for the border,” the president joked.

Then he got serious. Sort of.

“Governor Romney’s plan is to let Wall Street run wild again, but he’s going to bring the hammer down on Sesame Street,” Obama said.